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The Most Popular Rifle in History: An Infographic
We have shown the recent surges in both sales and capitalization of several far, far smaller weapons-makers in the US: Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger (along with the world's seemingly inexorable demand for 'bulk ammo'), but one can only wonder whether the market cap. of Kalashnikov (the maker of the world's most popular rifle) would be greater than that of AAPL if the firm had been based in the US and gone public at inception.
Source: Rianovosti
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If you own a gun you are a terrist.
To be honest, this seems out of place for ZH. I mean I've just never seen an article like this before. Do the Tylers sense something? Do I need to ask?
This is pretty run of the mill.
effective range: 800
ROFL. I'd love to see anyone hit anything smaller than the side of a barn past 200 yards with an AK47
AK’s are sledge hammers.
Eh. I can hit from 400 over 60%, but that is aiming without incoming fire.
Make your own out of a shovel - decent accuracy too.
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/179192-DIY-Shovel-AK-photo-tsunami-warning!?highlight=BORIS
Jeezus Hussein Christ on a banana bike with a sissy bar!
That's fucken amazing!
It's not amazing--it's crude and dangerous. With a small, home-based machine shop you can do far better. I was entertained, but I'm not exactly sure what the guy was trying to prove. I mean, he used most of a parts set that came from some gun factory in a former Comblock country, so it isn't like he had to machine a bolt and trunions and harden those parts. And actually making a barrel (as opposed to having an un-chambered blank) is hard work.
Have kalisnakov... will travel... {or ~ defend home, as the case may be}...
What an amazing article. Innovation garage inventing, know how, and doing a thing simply for the doing, is what made America great once upon a time.
In the name of Michael Timofeevich Kalashnikov ... and Flintoid ... and vodka ... you are no longer a shit shovel, you are glorious AK for defense of Motherland!
What a riot...
& Mama cooked the breakfast with no hog...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfbGGZE07M
"What's the haps on the craps?"- BenKevin
If Boris can make a ShoVEPR, he'll be legend.
Thanks for the link. Blacksmithing is a nearly lost art.
'Dog ate my homework' won't cut it anymore. Decent rant yesterday on CNBC:
Rick Santelli: 'Barack O-BLAME-A' Shirks ResponsibilityDude that is fucking EPIC.
Good work, Mr. Parmesan.
That must be why dirt and mud don't clog them or slow them down like an M-16/AR 15, eh?
I laughed.
I cried.
I sinned (Thou shalt not covet).
Thanks for posting thaat, Gene.
OMFG.
One of the best scrolls, ever!
I don't know what it's called in the abbreviated parlance of our times but I'm teary eyed from fucking laughing.
Brilliant!
Got Bridgeport?
This was funny and informative, but the application fee to be licensed as a firearms manufacturer in the democratic peoples republic of America is $3000, last time I checked.
No thats for is for an 09 FFL Manufacturer of Destructive Devices an 07 FFL MFGer of Firearms is 150 every three years.
Isn't that only if you intend to sell?
Yes, aside from a C&R FFL all others are strickly for the purpose of operating a firearms business.
What he did was completely legal and he doesn't even have to put a serial number on it. Only one caveat. He can never transfer ownership to anyone else with that weapon.
Here's a breakdown on the various FFL's. All fees are cumulative.
TYPE: 01/02 FEE $200 Dealer
(01), Including Pawnbroker (02), in Firearms Other Than Destructive Devices (Includes: Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Revolvers, Gunsmith activities and National Firearms Act (NFA) Weapons)
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TYPE: 06 FEE $30
Manufacturer of Ammunition for Firearms Other Than Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition
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TYPE: 07 FEE $150
Manufacturer of Firearms Other Than Destructive Devices
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TYPE: 08 FEE $150
Importer of Firearms Other Than Destructive Devices or Ammunition for Firearms Other Than Destructive Devices, or Ammunition Other Than Armor Piercing Ammunition (NOTE: Importer of handguns and rifles, see instruction #8.)
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TYPE: 09 FEE $3000
Dealer in Destructive Devices
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TYPE: 10 FEE $3000 Manufacturer of Destructive Devices, Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition
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TYPE: 11 FEE $3000
Importer of Destructive Devices, Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition
WOW.
Now THAT is some serious Mad Max shit.
Perhaps off topic but now reported via DRUDGE: NSA is watching you, and everyone else. http://rt.com/usa/news/surveillance-spying-e-mail-citizens-178/
Fuck you FBI! FBI fuck you !
US government employees aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the box. Most of the government "jobs", particularly under the Obama regime, are simply contracts awarded to minority companies in the name of "redistribution" and "fairness".
It's rather odd that most Americans are in any way, shape, or form intimidated by the turd brains that occupy most of the civilian side of the USG.
Even the military is being hollowed out by the presence of turd brains in their midst.
Don't be intimidated.
This is absolutely correct. Government does not attract the best or the brightest people. What it manages to accomplish it does so only because of the vast resources at its disposal, extracted at gunpoint from those under its control. Government is able to overcome its massive internal inefficiencies through, essentially, brute-force expenditure of resources. It can accomplish its goals, not because it makes sensible or economically prudent decisions, but simply because it can throw huge amounts of money at any problem. Government is sort of like a lottery winner: no genius, just some dumb guy with a lot of money (who will soon be broke).
You got it.
It's been well known, since the 1950s at least, that centralization institutionalizes ignorance.
Hey! Spooks!
Let's have a beer and discuss how them suits are gonna fuck you too!
I've always assumed my personal emails might be monitored/recorded, and as a result I've exercised caution in what I say in my emails. I further assume the emails I send through my employer's email system are recorded forever.
Correct
I have a Marine buddy who took two AK rounds in the gut in Vietnam and said it was like getting hit full on by a baseball bat. He swears by them.
Well, it's a bigger round than the .223 AR-15's shoot but one could always move up to the M1A and shoot a .308.
You could also get an FAL-FN or clone of one which is also in .308 as is the AR-10. The new KelTec .308 Bullpup is also very cool.
Went to the range Yesterday with my new Keltec RFB....awesome...takes FAL mags...
To continue your thought; as long as you're willing to carry around another 1.5 to 2.5 pounds of gun the .308 is a good choice. It is much more accurate. What is nice about the AK is that you can fire a thirty caliber round from a 7.5 pound package.
You're also carrying around half as much ammo... hence the whole point of the 5.56mm. It's about putting holes in as many bad people as possible, not the size of the holes...
Technically, AR15/M4/M16 are designed for 5.56 NATO. That is a different round from .223. Same goes for 7.62 NATO vs. .308. They are different. The NATO loads have higher pressures and velocities.
For AR15s, one should procure 5.56 mm where possible, Black Hills 77 grain OTM is probably the best ammo on the market right now. I think that the BH 77 grain is equivalent to the MK262, but I may stand corrected on that at some point.
OK i'll bite. Your talking about the difference before the ban. (US) The after ban reciever mods omitted the 3 position selector for burst and full auto function. Easily converted.
US AR's primary change was twist rate. It's all about the twist rate.
There is no better round for an AR than a .223 (with the right twist rate).
Your welcome.
Amen on the twist rate. I have a .223 for varmints, with a 1 in 14" twist. Too slow for 55 grain or anything new like 63 grain, but it puts rounds touching at 100 yards with 45 grain or 40 grain projectiles.
It was designed to shoot a light bullet very fast.
many SF guys I've talked to run 1-10 twist with 80gr bullets. They swear by them. An AR becomes a field effective rifle to 800 in that configuration.
Not at all.
The ammo spec has nothing to do with the rifle itself. In other words, the 5.56mm and the .223 are different rounds but are generally compatible in the same rifles.
For example, if you procure a Colt Manufacturing Carbine today, say an LE6940, it is specifically designed for 5.56 NATO. It will still shoot .223, but it's designed to handle the higher pressure, higher velocity 5.56mm round used by military and law enforcement.
The best 5.56mm cartridge, for the rifleman, is generally accepted to be the MK262 - a heavy 77 grain bullet that works with fast twists such as 1/7. The Black Hills 5.56 77 grain OTM is essentially equivalent to MK262, at least as far as I can tell.
If you're procuring .223 for your AR, instead of 5.56, you're getting less bang. Perhaps not for your buck, but definitely less bang.
One would have to use a really light .308 load to drop to NATO specs.
It's backwards from the 556/223 paradigm.
Which actually makes sense to hunters who use a cartridge appropriate to the relative size of their game.
I prefer the AR-15.
Plus they're sexier.
The ladies love them.
Im getting wood.
No doubt about it.
AR15s, particularly when equipped with ACOG optics and loaded with MK262 ammo are exponentially better than any marxist AK wielded by some islamist, proletarian, or vanguard thereof.
When it comes to killing commies, AR15s are the way to go.
My semi-automatic scoped Sturmgewhr 90 Swiss army rifle is pretty bomb-proof too.
I can (just about;) hit the target at 350yds with (Govt. subsidized) 5.56x63 grain ammo but I haven't tried it on a longer range yet.
In Switzerland, it is $14 for 50 rounds of GP90 ammo and my mate swears it is just as good as his hand-loaded stuff.
Cheers!
See right there is the differance between the AR and the AK , in the AR you have to get the right bullets (not seel it dosent like them or laqured , blocks the chamber) but the AK will fire anything. My wife has an AR out of all the years that has misfired a lot (she does not clean it to often) I have an AK I have never cleaned it in 4 years and it has never misfired , and yes you can easily hit a coke can at 200 yards and a fox at about 400 yards thats all i need .
Good for covering fire, or for aiming at groups of enemies, not so much aimed fire after 200 yards.
SAIGAs and VEPER models are far more acurate than you seem to think.
Handloads. That said my Marlin 30-30 is AR-15 accurate, but with poor ballistics similar to the AK.
Just for around the house.
Remmy .308 is the money maker.
A little birdy told me this one is pretty handy (for EVERYTHING)
http://www.ruger.com/products/gunsiteScoutRifle/models.html
effective range: 800
ROFL. I'd love to see anyone hit anything smaller than the side of a barn past 200 yards with an AK47
I figure if you see 10k Zombies headed your way, does it really matter exactly which one you're hitting at 800 yards?
Snipers need time to set up and can be overunn.
If you get one of these in 5.56 X 45 you can scavenge ammo from the ovewhelmed SWAT and Police teams, and National Guard if they decide not to defend the Consitution and the Citizens; if one were to choose such a path.
I would bet money no one on this site (or anyone in general) could hit anything at 800 yards with an AK. I cry BS!
The bullet will eventually hit the ground. It's more of a spray and prey tactic....
Lower than that, say 600.
i have used the AKM and the 74. 300 yards is a long ways out with iron sights with incoming lead.
I could hit anything at 800 yards , as long as it is the size of a car and up.
Wrong. See comments below.
LOL
Trust me this riffle is very effective.Back in my young age like 1979 I was in Polish army and AK47 is like Harley Davidson in here.
General Jarzelski knew the Polish Army would not fire on the Polish people for the USSR and holding the country together. I think the Egyptian army is the same way and hopefully the Egyptian people chased out Ob's & Hitlerry's Al Qeada/Mus Brohood pals out of Egypt. Hopefully Americans will grow a pair to ditch our islamic overlord.
55gal drum @ 200 yds 6 out of 10 consistantly...
But not 800. The AK is simply not effective beyond about 300m. You would just draw fire to your position from people with weapons that can hit at that distance. May be okay for harassing fire, but that's about it.
AK was meant for medium range infantry combat. Never intended for long range fire. The battle range designed for was based on World War Two infantry combat, the AK was designed for best performance at typical battle ranges, and high rate of fire.
...And the best with AK, as opposed to M1A, is that you can dig it into a mud pool and leave it there for a few months. It will still work like a clock.
Nowhere near as accurate as my AR10 but if you want a gun that will ALWAYS function.....its whats for dinner.
I recall seeing a study sometime within the past year where it was noted that the overwhelming majority of engagements take place at a range of approximately 75 yards. If so, then it would seem that the lack of long-range accuracy of the AK really isn't that great a factor in assessing the weapon's actual utility.
Is that yards are meters?
EFFECTIVE range in Yards/Meters or FEET?
As I stare at a Stgw 90...
If anyone needs an infantry rifle (cheap $100) get a Mosin Nagant 91/30, fires 7.62x54 rounds, WWII weapon. Clip hold 5, bolt action, okay sniper rifle. Ammo is cheap, a great buy.
I picked up a Chinese SKS in 7.62x39 for $400. Also 2000 rounds of bulk ammo. Semiautomatic rifle holds 10 rounds and has an action based on the AK. Legal in Calif also.
Whatever. I think Kalashnikov based the design off of Siminov. Either way, it's a great deer rifle.
Agreed on the SKS and Mosin, the Lee Enfield is another very nice rifle that can often be found for not alot of money. The action is very smooth in comparison to the Russian gun for very little more, its an all time great bolt gun widely available in the US.
How much are .303 spam-cans?
Moar.
The smle is sweet to shoot with 10 rd mag, and smooooth bolt, but the Russian ammo is cheaper.
stripper clips?
The chinese SKS are the ones you can make full auto if you have a vice and a dremmel , it takes about 1 hour from start to finish.
Stay away from the cheap aluminum scope mounts. They suck.
Christ. For an AK you want an Ultimak or a Beryl mount. Or a side mount if you have provision for one. Not that I know anything about this shit.
He's talkin' Mosin Nagant, but good point.
I have one myself economics. Good rifle with a scope mounted on it. Ammo is cheap! The only drawback is the ammo is very corrosive. Clean her up well or she may blow up in your face.
I lost all my guns in a terrible boating accident. I have not had very good luck with boats.
Buy brass shells, if possible ... 7.62 X 54 ... the steel shells expand to easily and jam in a hot rifle chamber: rapid fire.
The AK's 7.62 X 39 is ok.
The Mosin Nagant's 7.62 X 54 is awesome!
I love when the T-Dawg posts infographics like these, but, I agree, this one isn't quite as impactful.
Agreed. Silly premise especially considering their manufacture has been copied in China and other places for years. I think the article assumes all AKs would be manufactured by a single US-based company, which would never have happened, even if they were invented and originally manufactured here.
Their design genius was in how simple (cheap) and reliable they are. Which also makes them an ideal candidate for copying their manufacture.
Even if you could somehow enforce a patent on the design it would have expired long ago. Just within the letter of the law, offshore-manufacture of the older (off-patent) designs would still have been going on for decades at this point. It's a design that has LONG since passed into the public domain.
That's why we love ZH so much, all sorts of useful information; how to make money and how to protect it. BTW, AK's are inaccurate commie projectile sprayers. IMHO The AR plaltform is far better. May I suggest:
http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/sig556-swat-patrol-rifle.aspx
When in Rome, use Roman guns.
THX 1178 said:
"To be honest, this seems out of place for ZH. I mean I've just never seen an article like this before. Do the Tylers sense something? Do I need to ask?"
All sorts of interesting tidbits like this over the years; stay tuned.
ZH is actually a lot like the Wall Street Journal's editorial page(s) of yore, I think.
You haven't read Nassim Taleb's new book Antifragility yet have you???
AK are good, reliable weapons for engagement under 300m.
However, when the shit hits the fan and you have to have ONE weapon what would it be?
May I recommend the Ruger 10-22? You laugh, but you can pack around a LOT more ammo for a 10-22 and a .22 will kill a human, it makes less noise when fired, they are small and somewhat concealable. You can also use it to hunt if needed. You might not kill elk with it, but small game and some deer you can.
Especially for urban environments. Noise brings trouble.
This is an important point. If I were a terrist I might shoot subsonic off the porch from time to time.
Econocan
awsome for 22 caliber therapy
With super-colibri ammo you can probably place 10 rounds into someone before they realise what is going on. You can really reach out and touch someone...
There's a video on YouTube making the point that a 22lr will deliver what the us army considers a lethal shot (50? foot pounds? or some such [penetrate a 3/4" pine board, iirc]) out to 400 yards, and possibly further - the people making the video just stopped there, I think. I would not like to be shot with a 22lr, I know that. Some also take the position that a 22lr is a far superior round when the object is to deliver as many hits on target as possible in a short period of time. (less [no?] recoil, etc. by the time you can bring your eagle 50 back down on target, you could have loosed 10 rounds (with practice) of 22lr on target.) I think the author was a fan also of the 32 ? 38 ?, too, for the same reason.
Oh, one other thing. I read a book some ten or 15 years ago telling the story of the Mossad hunting down and killing the terrorists who killed the Israeli (sp?) athletes at the '72(?) Olympics. Interesting book for a variety of reasons, but, in pertinent part, the agents were assigned Baretta 22's, and, the rounds actually had less gunpowder than normal so their muzzle velocity was subsonic (<750 fps?) so that they would be even quieter. The Mossad agents had no trouble killing the terrorists with such weapons.
If you're outfitting a rebel movement, the AK is the only way to go: easily trained, easy to operate, cheap, easily produced in any decent machine / tool & die shop, and you can shoot it all day long after its been caked in a muddy riverbed.
For small unit shoot n' skoot where you're going in and out, or doing a take-down, you probably want an H&K G36. What you shoot stays shot, you can fire it coming out of the water, and with a 30 round (expandable to up to 150 round) magazine for .45 ammo, Hard to beat.
Keep the AR and get a .22 LR pistol. Ruger 22/45 with threaded barrel and RMR optic. Something like that. You need something for a bit of firepower and you need something to keep things quiet. Multiple tools are fine.
5 weapons every American needs, Ruger 10/22, Glock 19, AR 15, Remmington 870.
Well, that's only four. A good start, though. The fifth being the training to wield them effectively against all enemies of liberty, no matter where they may be found.
Personally, I substitued a Ruger 22/45 for the 10/22 and an HK USP for the Glock 19. All in all, a good set of suggestions, though.
Everyone needs a 17hmr for varmints, and some kind of .223 because brass is plentiful, and various shotguns for flying game, and a large bore rifle for large game, and a good brush gun like .45-70, and concealable weapons like a 1911, but that's just my opinion.
The 10/22's actually a damn good suggestion. Have noticed that when it comes to fireams, everybody wants the big manly boomerthumpen 45-70's or the 50's or the 4-inch long Mosin bullets......but they're loud, heavy, expensive, and a pain in the ass to shoot. They're like a monster dunk in basketball: looks great, crowd goes 'oooooh!', all that.....but I'll beat your 7 awesome monster windmill jams with my 10 old man layups every time. Zap, I suspect you've been around the block a time or two.
Does that mean the federal government is terrorist?
The turd brains of the Obama regime tend to be. Not the whole of the Federal gov, though.
Did you guys hear Bob Costas' rant about guns? Because some violent, brain addled drug and alcohol addicted football player blows he and his girlfriend away it must be time to render the general populace defenseless in the face of the coming mass oppression. Who does Bob Costas work for?
Think about it, if OJ had used a gun instead of a knife he might have saved the taxpayers a lot of money.
Bob Costas works?
"Bob Costas works?"
Its about time we had a serious discussion about this retard (Costas) and everyone who thinks like him.
When did this global, multi-billion dollar network he works for, give him the "the script" and free air time or approve his script to launch into an editorial attack on our individual rights?
A male and female RIGHT by the way.
At what point in time did a five foot seven inch, mindless, limousine riding twerp, think he had studied this indvidual situation and issue carefully enough to arrive at the conclusion that a A FUCKING MURDERER is the example of a gun owner?
He didn't investigate all the times (daily) a gun is used to defend against rapists, robbers, muggers and MURDERERS?
Bob Costas is a fucking idiot...this fucking MURDERER (Jovan Belcher) shot his girlfriend NINE TIMES and then went and said thanks for the tryouts? His last act wasn't remorse, it was about himself.
He was a loser just like Costas.
Bob Costas made a name as maybe the first sportscaster adding semi-editorial comments to his work. Mostly it was sensible and harmless. The problem is that he's gotten old and lazy. And, yeah, as a little 5 foot nothing nebbish with a lot of money he'd better hope equalizers are still available or any mid size soccer mom will be able to mug him.
I would bet any amount of money Bob Costas has an ARMED bodyguard he pays for out of his pocket or at his disposal as a part of his contract with Global MSM...anytime, 24/7/365.
And...chances are...that bodyguard is not shorter or anywhere near as whiney & sniviling a little cretin as him.
Liberty for me but not for thee grandma is his motto.
Bravo..X 10
"Five foot seven inch" try four foot seven inch.
There fixed.
Exactly right. Costas should be taken off the air for his open attack on the second amendment.
Fucking brilliant rant nmewn! Bravo.
The people on TV and who watch TV (or Hollywood's shit) are evil morons. If you watch their brainwashing then you support The Matrix. Sports crap like ESPN have always been among the worst. I stopped watching the brainwashing years ago. F TV and Bob Costas,
Belcher was a piece of sh*t like OJ.
I missed the douche's rant, but I did see the tv chanels that cover sports talking about it a lot.
Let me say this as a husband of a wife with mental issues, I'd rather she had a gun and knew how to use it.
Not sure about your post GH, but I am laughing my ass off.
Well, she had one. They shot together at a range from time to time.
She was ambushed, apparently or didn't believe he'd do it when he pulled it out. She was out with her friends that nght (without him) which some believe started the fight/argument that went on for hours after she got home.
She just had a kid, this guy gets jealous or fucked up in the head thinking she should be home doing the Mom thing (even though her mom was there with the baby) and goes off on her.
The guys a dirt bag...you can always walk, chill, come back and say we're done, if he couldn't deal with it. Now the kid is an orphan.
Jovan was the same kind of douchebag Costas is in my opinion...only Costas doesn't have the blood of innocents on his hands...yet.
I'm a terrorist and a racist. Everyone is.
If you don't own a gun, you have surrendered your freedom to the whim of government officials -- and neither you, nor your children, nor your grand children, nor your great-great-great grandchildren will ever get it back -- irrespective of how corrupt that government is; irrespective of how oppressive it is.
The only way to ensure the future freedom of the republic is to ensure the citizenry is fully armed.
+1
Maybe Americans should emulate the Egyptians who are overthorwing their Islamist terroists rulers while others re-elect them through stolen elections.
The Egyptian military will support the people. The U.S. military has idiots like Betrayus chasing muzzie poon tang named "kelly." The Pentagon and Joint Chiefs are f**king cowards. Just like the Mormon who was set up to lose in a fake election.
The egyptian people are bug-eyed nuts however. Over 90% of egytian women had forced clitoridectomies or worse done in their infancy. And that's not the muslim aspect. The media over there is full of pathetic victim fantasies about jews (and others) ruining muslims' lives. Women are treated like animals in the streets. Oh, and they produce nothing anyone wants, only produce domestically about half of the food needed to feed their basket case population, have seriously dwindled national income(tourism to the pyramids etc), little oil and gas to exploit, and they're desperate. Good times over there eh?
They are desprate is right. The Egyptians have a lot more courage in getting in the faces of the Mo BRoHood/Al Queada stooges who stole the election. They were backed by Hitlerry/Huma/Barry Hussein. Looks like they are not accepting the fake stolen election. Meanwhile, American sheep go along with fake Mitt "losing" to the islamist. As long as dancing with the stars is on or an NFL ball game. America is pathetic.
The Egyptian military have far more honor than the Pentagon and Joint Chiefs. They just want islamic poon tang outside of the base gates in Tampa(x) plus a defense manufacturer gig after they retire. They are traitors, scum and cowards.
Bear arms or wear chains
i've got a chub the size of the Empire State Building right now
easy boy.
think ruger lcp pistol.
don't want any accidents now.
it's.....too late.......ahhhhhhhhhh
lol. well i hope you've got a few unspent rounds left if the need arises.
Poor kid was just cleaning his gun and it went off.
He was cleaning his gun while looking at that cute zombie T-shirt girl that I would die for.
Ya ... watch that itchy 'trigger finger' ...
I once read that these are fairly reliable no matter how dirty they get.
You read "Truth".
You should go shoot both "modern" options. Then, go shoot an FAL.
The FN SCAR-H is a helluva battle rifle.....so I have heard.
Agree. Lighter weight. If you were lucky enoughh to jump on the days of the $90 FAL parts kit and can lug it, I think the choice is obvious.
An M1A is a very nice battle rifle as well . . according to what I've read.
Would you go into combat with a dirty weapon? Clean your damn guns regularly.
The "dirty" problems tend to happen DURING combat, not before.
So you have trigger time?
That's what it told me on Wikipedia and the Discovery channel.